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Wpa Art California

Negro — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
15/16 inches (376 x 278 mm). Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Landscape , California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

de Young Mansion – San Francisco — California WPA, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, otherwise in excellent condition. Created for the California WPA. Scarce. Matted to museum standards
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Bay Shanties, San Francisco , Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
By Gordon Cope
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
as Director at the Art Barn School until the early forties. Working with the WPA as one of the
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1950s Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

DISCOVERY OF GOLD - Very Large Serigraph - WPA Artist - California Murals
By Anton Refregier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) He did several murals in the San Francisco area. This
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF Victor Arnautofff
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tehuantepec Woman , WPA, California, Oaxaca, Rivera, GGIE, ASL, NY MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Vinci School and New York's Art Students League. In 1938, he worked in New York on murals for the Works
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Pedro, Pineapple Seller , WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
attended the Da Vinci School and the Art Students League in New York. In 1938, he worked in New York on
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Antique Donal Hord WPA San Diego California Montezuma Aztec Bronze Sculpture Art
By Donal Hord
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic original bronze sculpture by California sculptor/artist Donal Hord and dates from the
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Mid-20th Century American Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Memory of an Ancient City" Semi-Abstract Lithograph by Beckford Young
Located in Pasadena, CA
the California WPA art programs and his role in them in an interview with Mary McChesney, 19 May 1965
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1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Negro — California WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
excellent condition. Scarce. Created for the California WPA, with the original WPA label.
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"On the Heights, " California Equine WPA Modernist Watercolor
By Millard Sheets
Located in New York, NY
Sheets was an American artist, teacher and administrator who was one of the earliest of the California
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Oil on Canvas California Impressionist WPA Horatio Nelson Poole 1930 Mendocino
Located in Portland, OR
An important California Impressionist/WPA oil on canvas painting by the celebrated artist Horatio
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
beautiful body of Color white line woodcuts. Hebert also worked under the California WPA / Federal Art
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Burlingame, San Mateo , Post-Impressionist California oil landscape, WPA artist
By Galen Russell Wolf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
certification of authenticity. A bright and fresh, California landscape showing an old wooden cabin nestled
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1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Floral Painting Listed WPA Woman California Artist Flower Gouache Painting
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Surfside, FL
, educator, and world-traveller. She was born in San Francisco, California. She began her art career at the
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1960s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

California Beach Scene , Munich, Berkeley, CCAC, GGIE, SFAA, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
to the United States in 1927. He first lived in Michigan before moving to California where, settling
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1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Foam Board

WPA California Landscape Mural
Located in Treasure Island, CA
, worked in California as a painter, illustrator and muralist, identified with the progressive modernist
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Botanical watercolour and gouache on paper circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The work depicts flowers in red, blue and green. This work was executed by Dufy as a fabri...
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1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff Oil on Board Cossacks Warriors on Horsback
By Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" within an ornate giltwood frame, circa 1890 Born in ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Russian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Incredible English Mahogany Seven-Pedestal Dining Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Measuring over 30 feet in length, this tremendous and highly versatile English dining table is the greatest. It has the ability to transform to a multitude of sizes to fit any occasi...
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Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

A rare Valsuani silvered bronze vase of prancing horses, Paris 1930
Located in London, GB
A silvered bronze vase with a frieze of prancing horses, bears incised monogram of French foundry Valsuani. Signed M Divani. Marcello Valsuani emigrated from Italy to France and wor...
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Vintage 1930s French Vases

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Located in New York, NY
Bessarabian rug, 1810 Russia, circa 1810 Tapestry woven carpet Imperial Tapestry Factory, St. Petersburg Having an Adamesque central medallion on a warm caramel ground, with swan...
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Antique Early 19th Century Russian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Bessarabian Rug, 1810
$550,000
W 166 in L 181 in
Large 18th Century Gilt Wood Eagle
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large early 18th century carved gilt wood eagle, mounted on a square red velvet covered plinth. Originally used as a lectern adornment, this architectural eagle ornament is deeply...
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Antique Early 18th Century English Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Large 18th Century Gilt Wood Eagle
Large 18th Century Gilt Wood Eagle
$5,190
H 28.75 in W 26.97 in D 11.82 in
French Pink Vintage Suberville table lamp, Art Nouveau style, etched glass
By French House Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
Unique and amazing table lamp, made in France during the first half of the 20th century and signed “Suberville”, stands out for its delicate work in multilayer or folded and acid-et...
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Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Glass, Beads

French Pink Vintage Suberville table lamp, Art Nouveau style, etched glass
French Pink Vintage Suberville table lamp, Art Nouveau style, etched glass
$1,442 Sale Price
35% Off
H 25.99 in W 23.63 in D 15.75 in
Gallé Cameo Elephant Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cameo Glass Elephant Vase Émile Gallé Circa 1925 This monumental Art Nouveau vase is one of the finest achievements of Émile Gallé’s iconic glassmaking firm. Showcasing Gallé’s mast...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Glass

Gallé Cameo Elephant Vase
Gallé Cameo Elephant Vase
$98,500
H 15.25 in W 10.5 in D 10.5 in
Art Deco style sculpture nude with ball LUEUR by Max le Verrier Paris
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco style sculpture nude with ball by Max le Verrier. This model is called LUEUR. Patinated Art Metal on Belgian Black marble base. Jade ball. Design 1930. 
 Posthumous Cont...
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2010s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Jade, Metal

WPA Street Scene Painting American School
Located in Wiscasset, ME
WPA street scene painting American school. Unsigned, could be NYC.
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Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Paintings

WPA Street Scene Painting American School
WPA Street Scene Painting American School
$1,200 Sale Price
64% Off
H 29 in W 34 in D 3 in
"Mercury with the Golden Blade", 1921 Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude, Austria
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerful and very rare, this sculpture of a kneeling, fully nude Mercury, with his golden blade in hand, dates from 1921 and was probably sculpted by a German or Austrian artist. Me...
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rare Italian Liberty Style/Art Nouveau Commode with Painted Wood Inlays
Located in Milano, IT
Rare commode in the style of Louis Majorelle with front and sides inlaid in painted wood. Two doors on the front that hide a cabinet with open compartments and small drawers in light...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

"Seated Figure, " Important Photograph of Male Nude by Barthe
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's rare, little-known sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125t...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Paper

English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Adam (circa 1780) gilt wood console with a carved frieze over rams head topped fluted legs with a stretcher & alabaster veneered marble top with a verde edge.
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Antique 18th Century English Neoclassical Console Tables

Materials

Alabaster, Marble, Gold Leaf

English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
$185,000
H 36.25 in W 61.5 in D 30.25 in
Heart of San Francisco — Vintage 1920s Realism
By Anton Schutz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Heart of San Francisco', etching, c. 1927, edition not stated. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (2...
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1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
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Vintage 1980s English Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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